Call for Workshop Proposals
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2002)

The ICML-2002 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops to be
held at the Nineteenth International Conference on Machine Learning
(ICML-2002). ICML-2002 workshops will be held on the first day of the
conference, 9 July, at the University of New South Wales, the site of all
ICML-2002 events. Workshop proposals should be submitted as outlined
below.

ICML workshops provide organizers and participants with an opportunity to
focus intensively on a specific topic within machine learning. Often,
workshops concentrate on an emerging topic of technical interest, a unique
area of application for machine learning technologies or a community-wide
issue that deserves specialized attention.

Proposals

Workshop proposals should provide sufficient information to evaluate the
quality and importance of the topic, the goals of the workshop, and the size
of the interested community. Proposals should identify one or more chairs and
several other individuals willing to serve on an organizing committee and
assist with publicity and reviewing.

Proposals should be 2-4 pages and contain at least the following
information:

Description -- What will the workshop be about? Why is the
topic best addressed in an ICML workshop, as opposed to a workshop at
another conference or papers in an ICML technical session?

Goals -- What do you expect will come out of the workshop? How
will the workshop change participants' understanding of the area?

Format -- How will the workshop sessions be scheduled? How much
time will be used for discussion, panel discussions, paper presentations,
invited talks, or other methods for encouraging communication and
consensus? Organizers are encouraged to focus on mechanisms other than
traditional paper presentations and to differentiate themselves clearly
from typical conference sessions.

Publicity -- How do you intend to publicize the workshop? How
will you reach the most interested and appropriate participants?

Potential participants -- Who are potential participants in the
workshop?

Organizers -- Please include the name, postal address, phone
number, e-mail address, and webpage of each chair and each member of the
organizing committee. In addition, indicate the chairs' background in
the workshop area.

Important Dates

25 January 2002

Proposals due

5 February 2002

Notification

22 February 2002

Publicity material due

22 April 2002

Written materials due

29 April 2002

Notification to participants

31 May 2002

Working notes due

9 July 2002

Workshop held

Proposals will be reviewed by the workshop chair and members of the
organizing committee. Please submit an electronic copy (plain text,
PostScript or PDF) to the workshop chair. Proposals should be submitted
to: